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Dinosaur: Nqwebasaurus thwazi
| Length*: | 1.2 m | 3.9 ft |
| Weight*: | 2.5 kg | 6 lb |
| Speed: | 31 km/h | 19 mph |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Berriasian-Valanginian
Years: 145–132.6 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: de Klerk et al.
Year: 2000
Distribution
Area: Africa
Country: South Africa
Region: Eastern Cape
Formation: Kirkwood
Locations
Sources
Material: Large part of skeleton with skull fragments. Referred femur, tibia and fibula.
References: Choiniere, Forster and de Klerk, (2012). New information on Nqwebasaurus thwazi, a coelurosaurian theropod from the Early Cretaceous (Hauteriverian?) Kirkwood Formation in South Africa.
